Edward Akuffo

Edward Akuffo is an Associate Professor of International Relations, and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, Canada. He is a Past-President of International Studies Association, Canada Branch, and the immediate Past-Director of the University of the Fraser Valley Center for Global Development. Edward is an Adjunct Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick-Fredericton, Canada, and a member of the University of Waterloo based Defense and Security Foresight Group. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra, Ghana. Edward’s research focuses on the intersections of Canada’s foreign and security policy, African Union-NATO interregional security cooperation, and maritime security in Africa. His work has appeared in several academic journals and edited books. He is the author of first ever single authored book on Canada-Africa relations: Canadian Foreign Policy in Africa: Regional Approaches to Peace, Security, and Development (Ashgate/Routledge, 2012). Edward has appeared as an expert witness at the House of Commons and Senate of Canada in their studies on Canada-Africa relations.